Ink well



JulylS, 1932. A. G; BASSI 1,868,375

INVENTOR HIS ATTORNIY Patented July 19, 1932 PATENT oFr-ICE ADOLPH G. BASSI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS INK WELL Application Ied March 26, 1930. Serial No. 439,018.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in ink wells and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly ellicient in use and economical in manufacture.

It is a generally known fact that in the use of ink wells of well known types, if the ink has fallen below a certa-in level the ink does not have sullicient depth to allow ample submerging of a pen point or the like into the ink. As a result thereof upon withdrawal of the pen point there is not an adequate supply of ink on such point. To overcome this condition the user generally either tilts the ink well by placing an edge portion of the ink well upon an article or the user will replenish the supply of ink. The disadvantage of tilting the ink well results in the possibility of excess tilting or knocking over of the ink well, thus discharging or spilling the ink from the ink well. In the second instance the disadvantage results from the mixing of fresh ink with the unused ink and as in most instances the ink well is left open thus causing this unused ink to become congealed or otherwise deteriorated in quality, much to the damage of the pen point even when fresh ink is added. It is the salient object of this invention to provide an ink well embodying an expeditious and simple arrangement whereby after the ink has been reduced to a minimum level by use or evaporation a pen point or like instrument may still be submerged in the ink and receive an ample supply of ink when withdrawn.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

,The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail view of the same showing the ink well in a predetermined position;

Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view similar to the detail view illustrated in Fig. 2 showing the ink well in another position; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of the invention similar to the detail view illustrated in Fig. 3 showing a slightly modified form of construction.

To accomplish the many objects of this invention in the most economical manner as will produce the best desired results, I have lllustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive a preferred form of construction of an ink well embodying my invention. In these illustrations the ink well includes a body l0 formed to provide a well 11 within which the ink or writing fluid 12 is confined. On the top wall 18 of the body 10 there is formed an opening 14 defined by an annular ring 15 of predetermined height. Contiguous this opening 14 is a second opening 16 provided by a sleeve or boss 18. This opening 16 communicates with the well 11 as does the opening 14 but in this instance the opening 16 is in a plane substantially at an inclination with respect to the top wall 13 for reasons which will be more fully hereinafter understood.

The wall 19 of the body 10, which serves in one instance as the bottom when the body l0 is placed in a predetermined position upon a stationary support or the like, is provided with an interior surface 20 which tapers outwardly from the wall 21 in a direction toward the opening 16 whereby the fluid 12, when the body 10 is placed with the wall 19 resting upon a stationary support, will flow toward the opening 16. It will be manifest therefore that the projection of a pen point or other writing instrument through the opening 16 toward the well 1l will be adequately submerged in the writing Huid 12 when the body 10 is placed so as to be supported with the wall 19 resting upon the stationary support. When the body 10 is placed upon the stationary support with the wall 21 adjacent the stationary support the ink is supplied to the pen point or other writing instrument through the opening 14. In this manner it will be seen that the pen point or other writing instrument may be adequately submerged in the writing fluid with the body 10 forming the well when placed in one of two positions upon the stationary support.

The annular ring defining ,the opening 14 as Well as the sleeve providing the opening 16 may be of a design such as to permit the l 5 resting of one end of a Writing instrument thereupon when the Writing instrument is not being used.

In Fig.- 4 I have illustrated a slightly modified form of construction of an inlt Well embodying my invention and in referring to this structure reference characters herein used in reference to the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive Will be applied to similar parts illustrated in this figure. In this instance, the opening 16 is provided by meansfof anA extension 22 in the form of a sleeve WhicheXtends laterally from the top Wall 13 and provided With a turned end portion 23sozasfto dispose the outer end 24 of j-zthefopening substantially at right angles vvith respect to the opening 14.

While I-,have illustrated and'described the `preferred formof construction Vfor carrying rny-.finvention-into efe'ct, this is v capable of .-variatiomandmodifioation, Without departf ingffrom thespirit ofthe invention. I, theref fore; doynotvvish to be limited to the precise detailsof construct-ion set forth, ybut desire tosava-il myself of such-variations and modi- 'fiieationsgas'come Within the? scope ofthe appendedolaim; v

Having ythus described my invention What Iclaimzas newanddesire to prot-ect by Letters Patent is Y v 1' -v An; inkv WellV comprising a body providing a-.Well including .two-Walls intersecting on their; external `surfaces at f substantially a rightt angle so that thefvvell may be stood upon eitherfofsaid Walls randthe inner surface 40C-lof the one selected thus be the bottom of the Well,i0ne ofthe Walls of said body other than the :first-'named Walls having formed therein dip `Afopeningsivvhich y .extend axially into theV Wellatilan angle With respect to each other, and thehinnersurfaces ofthe first-named Walls.; intersecting atan obtuse angle to direct theinkin the'fWell along'the bottom thereof toward'one of the dipf. openings when the Wellsis stood upon'a corresponding one of thefirstmamedwvalls. l

Itestimony-vvhereof I a-X'my signature.

- .ADOLPII G. BASSI. 

